cometary atmospheres

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• Coma (cometary) — The comet Ikeya Zhang exhibiting a bright, condensed coma (March 2002) In astronomy, a coma (from the Greek κόμη, hair ) is the nebulous envelope around the nucleus of a comet. It is formed when the comet passes close to the Sun on its highly… …   Wikipedia

• Extraterrestrial atmospheres — The study of extraterrestrial atmospheres is an active field of research, [cite web| title=Department of Atmospheric Science, University of Washington | url=http://www.atmos.washington.edu/academic/planets.html | accessdate=2007 05 24] both as an …   Wikipedia

• Pol Swings — Infobox Scientist name = Pol Swings box width = image width =150px caption = Pol Swings birth date = 24 September, 1906 birth place = Ransart, Belgium death date = 28 October, 1983 death place = residence = citizenship = nationality = Belgium… …   Wikipedia

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• Comet — This article is about the astronomical object. For other uses, see Comet (disambiguation). Comet Hale– …   Wikipedia

• astronomy — /euh stron euh mee/, n. the science that deals with the material universe beyond the earth s atmosphere. [1175 1225; ME astronomie ( < AF) < L astronomia < Gk. See ASTRO , NOMY] * * * I Science dealing with the origin, evolution, composition,… …   Universalium

• Cosmic dust — Space dust redirects here. For other uses, see Space dust (disambiguation). Porous chondrite interplanetary dust particle. Cosmic dust is a type of dust composed of particles in space which are a few molecules to 0.1 µm in size. Cosmic dust… …   Wikipedia

• List of astronomy acronyms — This is a compilation of acronyms commonly used in astronomy. Most of the acronyms are drawn from professional astronomy and are used quite frequently in scientific publications. However, a few of these acronyms are frequently used by the general …   Wikipedia

• Solar System — This article is about the Sun and its planetary system. For other systems, see planetary system and star system. For a list of physical and orbital statistics for the Solar System s largest bodies, see List of gravitationally rounded objects of… …   Wikipedia

• White dwarf — For other uses, see White dwarf (disambiguation). Image of Sirius A and Sirius B taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. Sirius B, which is a white dwarf, can be seen as a faint pinprick of light to the lower left of the much brighter Sirius A …   Wikipedia

• Astrophysical maser — An astrophysical maser is a naturally occurring source of stimulated spectral line emission, typically in the microwave portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. This emission may arise in molecular clouds, comets, planetary atmospheres, stellar… …   Wikipedia